Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1933 — Page 1

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jurricane Reaps Heavy Death Toll In Tampico, Mexico

|[ REPORTS lItAIETOII liTHOHSANOS L (Mlicials Report ■ th | ht \\ ill Reach ■ 5.000 ■q |)|S \STER IN K\|( \\ HISTOin c t>. Snot. 26—(UPt a ong !-<■ and ■ -s and - n the banks Ca-P •t' h ave been H»ed b> f” Tampico bur H, t he Me« can national . fP -ted todav. The .< C, • Miramar and ■. ee-e rep-rted to have ■ damaged severely. ■go C.itv. '-i pt. 26 _'U.Pi Kpiui. \l \HOh pruui-Krlii-iH pull, " th shat- ■ todav. with Hit' bodies ■ps nt it- < itizens piled ■ slre.l- liter II hurriKlrit r.tv iu«<l tin area Hjjno 70 miles inland. ■ authentic 'Miniate of ■ti's nr (Linage "as £,|,. Reports from p, said 'hat the known . ii liinir into the ids ■ -i- parties still i ■ .1.. r of buildings, its for .!• 'I and injured, ray of! - further inland id that the casualty list ir would n tai 5.006 killed bred. t the th tn an steamship . ’ - Tampico's . -i.inunii-ation with Hide » : came this radio i. :nip<><- .• imagine the lof the tragedy. Parts of |y not li'-simved by the wind ho 15 feet under water." the basis of the Kiel's retie inter:"- department anfcubtedly 'his is the worst it in th.- history of Mexico." te as wore these reports, it eared graver reports would rrixt-pi. nv page six) Ml COLT IM IT BERNE nd Annual Colt Show iFall Festival Plans Are Made k Sept. 26—(Special) — In Pion wit!, the Adams Conn-i pond Annual Colt Show and hstival which will be held «i Friday and Saturday. Oc--113 and 14. there will be sevper interesting shows, it ijnotinced today by Senator Gottschalk, president of the ter of Commerce. •» will be a corn show, a needle work and art show I pumpkin show. These exwilll be open to anyone •* to enter thMP product. ! will be awarded for the dibits, a premium list will teunced later. eorn show will be held in finer Bierie and Yager fur- * store room on West Main ■J' The committee in charge '■ 0. X’euenschwander. chair--SE. H. C.illiom and L. E. ™id Farmers are urged to 5 tbeir choice corn and enter 'this show. heading the fancy »and art show is Mrs. Harry i ••‘anschwander, chairman: ■J- M. Ray and Mrs. O. F. Anyone having any fancy work, whatever the work JJJTINUEn ON PAGE VtVEI * r o— J Finds Woman Slayer Is Insane F«bu r g, Ind.. Sept. 26—(UP) ■ ■ aude Price, 27, confessed * of her 80 year old hutwand, “’Price, was found insane ‘* llt by a jury in Pike Circourt. ’ laying followed an aricu Ver alo C( . nt bag; of cookies. *aa starving me to death,” I c e told police when they ■ ~S*t her about the shooting, 1

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In Mayoralty Race I K ',^ s Mrs. Mary Gallagher, Democrat, mother of two children, who has entered the race for Mayor of Boston against 19 men candidates, tinder the urging of the Women's Political League of Massachusetts, of which she is president. Mrs. Gallagh >r is a neighbor of Mayor James Curley. NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Officers of Adams Post of American Legion Installed Monday New officers of Adams post were installed at the regular number 43 of the American Legion meeting held Monday night at the Ddbatur Country Club. E. M. Lorber, Columbia City, Fourth district commander, acted as installing officer. The meeting was opened by David Adams, retiring commander, who then turned the meeting over to Mr. Lorber. Officers installed, to serve during the next year, are as follows: Albert Miller, commander; James K. Staley, first vice-com-mander; Edgar Yoder, second vice-commander; Walter Gladfelter, adjutant; Miles Roop, finance officer; H. P. Schmitt. Vernon Aurand and David Adams, executive committee. Immediately following the installation ceremony. Commander Miller took charge of the meeting, first announcing his appointments. Legionnaires appointed to the various offices are: Sergeant-at-arms. Harry Miller; (CONTINUED QN PAGE THUEE) SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES AT 2:30 American Legion Special Train To Leave From G. R. & L Depot The American Legion Special Train will 1 ave for the Convention, Sunday Morning, at 2:30 o'clock. The train will be on the G. R. and I depot and anyone wishing to enter the coaches may do so at two o'clock. Anyone desiring to take this train should purchase tickets by Friday so that proper arrangements can be made with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to accommodate all. The fare to Chicago and return, is $3.50 for adults and 81.75 for children, between six and twelve years of age. These tickets t.re good for nine days on any I’ -nnsylvania Train leaving Chicago within that time. The big float which has won several state prizes will leave for Chi cago Friday morning, under state police escort. It is estimated that 100 legioni nalres from this post will attend 1 the convention.

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AWAIT RETURN OF JOHNSON TO SETTLE CODES Gen. Hugh Johnson In Hospital For A Minor Operation RETAIL (’ODE IS MOST IMPORTANT Washington. Sept 26. — <U.R) — 1 Action on a master code affecting the nation's 1.500.000 retail stores today awaited the return of Recovery Administrator Hugh S Johnson who was in Wa'ter Reed hos pltal suffering from a boil that required a minor ojreration. Indications were that Johnson upon his return to his desk would support the code's “stop loss” provision forbidding retail stores to sell at less than cost plus 10 per cent except in cases of bona tide clearances. Johnson was taken to the hospital Saturday and was ex 1 pected back tomorrow. The retail code was the most important code still pending. As soon as it is out of the way. NRA officials hope to clean up scores of, secondary codes in short order and push ahead plans for a buying campaign and reorganization of the NRA setup for effective code administration and enforcement. Negotiations with the.H. C. Frick Company of Pennsylvania, major holdout thus far from the bituminous coal code, were at a stage where NRA officials expected the company’s prompt agreement to abide voluntarily with terms of the compact which becomes effective Monday. The Frick Company is a subsidiary of the traditionally open shop U. S. Steel Corporation. The recent Pennsylvania strike began at its mines in a dispute over unionization. When the bituminous code at last was agreed upon, the Frick Company withheld its signature NRA officials declare the code will apply to the Frick mines regardless of whether the companysigns. Rut they do not conceal their anxiety to have it on record and to join the administrative ma (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MAG LEY STORE ROBBED MONDAY Two Women. Man Obtain Approximately SSO In Holdup Monday Two women and a man held up ’ the grocery store at Magley about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, obtaining approximately SSO In cash. One of the women and the man entered the grocery, both carrying large pistols, ordering Gus Leimenstoll. in c harge of the store, to hold up his hands. The pair then took the money from the cash register, and ordered Leimenstoll not to move for several minutes under threat of death. The holdup pair then hurried to I their car. which was occupied by the other woman. Mr. Leimenstoll failed to obtain license numbers of the car but described the woman entering the store as young and red-headed, and wearing riding breeches and hoots. The man was described as young, dark cotnplexioned and heavy set. Sheriff Burl Johnson was called to the scene of the holdup. He dis(COX I INITI;i» ON PAGE FTVE) Aged Man Tortured By Three Bandits Hartford City. Sept. 26-(UP)— Three middle aged bandits who i robbed Harry Bailey, 69. of S2OO after torturing him and ramsacking his home at Millgrove, eight miles . southeast of here, were sought by police today. Bailey said the men came to his place under the pretext of wanting to'see an automobile he had for sale. Upon entering the house, they demanded his money, he said. He said they then placed a wire around his neck and threatened to kill him. Finally they stripped off his clothes and found S2OO which he had concealed.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 26, 1933.

Sen. Gottschalk Named Contact Man Berne, Sept. 26— (Special)— Sen T. tA. (totfmhalk of this city has been honored by being named contact man in the proposed construction of the Limberlost Lake and park near Geneva, and also for flood relief work on the Wabash river. At a meeting held at Geneva, Sen. Gottschalk was chosen unanimously by the commissioners of Adams, Jay and Wells counties as being best qualified to contact the State Conservatio ndepartment at llndianapolls anu to personally investigate the situation at Washington. TWO KIDNAPERS ARE SENTENCED TO LIFE TERMS Kidnapers of Terre Haute Waitress Given Sentences Today JURY DELIBERATES ONLY NINE MINUTES Terre Haute. Ind., Sept. 26—(UP) —Garfield Kelly. 27. and Elmer Davis. 22, both of Indianapolis, were sentenc- d to life imprisonment today on charges of kidnaping Miss Evelyn Hyslop. 17. Terre Haute waitress. A jury In Vigo circuit court found them guilty after only nine minutes of deliberation. Sentence was pronounced by Judg • John W. Gerinkson after the verdict was returned. Trial of the two Indianapolis youths was brief. 4t started yesterday morning. Both state and defense attorneys waived final arguments. Davis entered a plea of insanity, declaring he was unable to think < learly at the time of the abduction Witnesses, however, testified he was sane. Kelly, pleading his own case, also claimed insanity but did not enter a plea to that effect. Mies Hylsop and her sweetheart. Frank Whalen, IS, Terre Haute grocery salesmen, were accosted by the two men while sitting in Whalen's car at a dance hall near here. Whalen was robbed of slßt> and tied to a fence horth of Terre Haute. Miss Hyslop was taken to East St. Louis in Whalen's car and re- ’ leased. Davis and Kelly were arrested at Union, Missouri, a fewdays later. o 5,000 Ford Employes Walk Out On Strike Chester, Pa.. Sept. 26 —(UP) — Five thousand.employes of the Ford Motor company plant here refused to accept a minimum wage of 50 cents an hour for a 32 hour week, and went on strike today. RING LARDNER DIES IN SLEEP Famous American Humorist Dies Os Heart Attack Last Night East Hampton. N. Y., Sept. 26 —(U.K) —Ring Lardner, 48, humorist, author and playwright, died In his sleep at his home late last night. A heart ailment from which he suffered three years, complicated by other diseases, caused death. Early in the afternoon, he became unconscious and never awoke. Mrs. Lardner and two of their four sons were at the bedside. first American sports writer to “debunk" baseball and later a bright star in the literary ' sky, had been ill since 1931. In that year he went to Arizona and returned to New York City much improved. A recurrence last spring sent him west again He returned several weeks ago, spending the major portion of his time in bed. His physician permitted him to continue writing "because he wasn't’happy unless CONTINCEH * ON*PAGE*TWO)

NINE INMATES ESCAPE STATE PRISON TODAY Michigan City Prisoners Kidnap Sheriff; Commandeer Autos ONE GUARD SHOT DURING ESCAPE Michigan City. Ind . Sept. 26 I UP) Nine inmates of the state prison escaped through the main gate today after shooting a guard, kidnaping a sheriff and commandeering two automobiles. Identity of the escaped prisoners was not immediately determined but all were heavily armed. As the convicts reached the main gate, seven of them ran to an automobile parked along the club by sheriff Charles Neal of Harrison county. He was forced to drive the seven men toward Chicago at tile point of a gun. The other two prioners ran ■ across the street, stopped a car containing two men and two women kicked out all but the driver, and ordered him to speed away. The guard shot was F. (’. Carson. He was taken to a hospital wher ■ attendants sought to determine the seriousness of his wounds. Before making teir escape the convicts locked Lawrem Mutch. . superintendent of industry, in a safe. David Lamson Is Sentenced To Hang San Jose. Calif.. Sept. 26 —(UP) —David A. Lamson was sentenced today to be hanged at San Quentin prison December 15, 1933. for the murder of his wife. Allene Thorpe Lamson. Superior judge Robert R. Syer pronounced the sentence after rej eting an appeal for a n?w trial. Lameon's attorneys said they would carry their fight to the state appelate court. o HARVEY BAILEY TO TELL STORY Gangster Will Testify In Sensational Urschel Kidnap Trial Oklahoma City. Okla., Sept. 26. I —(U.R) -Harvey Bailey's own story will be the next sensation in the spectacular Urschel kidnaping . trial. It may be told today. The gangster's testimony will ; climax the defense laid for “the most dangerous criminal in the country today” by R. G. (Boss) Shannon. Texas farmer. Shannon blamed the crime en- ' tirely on Albert L. Bates, blond I Denver gangster, an d fugitive , George (Machine gun) Kelly, whose death threats to trial principals inspired a SIO,OOO "dead or alive" reward on his head. Charles F. Urschel, oil millionaire tor whose release his family paid $200,000 in marked S2O bills, ( spent nine b'indfolded days at the Shannon farm. The lanky, drawling Texan testified that only Bates. Kelly and the machine gunner's red-haired wife, Katherine, were guilty in the extortion abduction. Katherine is Mrs. Shannon's daughter. . Death threats from Kelly and Bates forced Shannon, his wife i Ora and their son, Armon, to guard (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — o p Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 20 New York 20 Cantwell and Hogan; Parmaiee and Richards. Brooklyn 000 10 Philadelphia 100 00 Shaute and Outen; Elliott and Todd. Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled. Courtesy City Confectionery

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Prepare for Convention ■ wt J* ■■■■> -.--TySr ■ r J 1 ** Mrs. G. \V. MacDowell, national secretary of the American Legion Auxiliary, and Frank E Samutl, national adjutant of the legion, as they arrived In Chicago to set up headquarters for the coming national convention, opening next Monday.

HIGHWAY BIDS OPEN OCT. 10 i. Bids On 30 Projects. To♦alin? $750,000 To Be Let In State Indianapolis. Sept. 26— (U.R) — Bids on 30 paving, grading, bridge and other highway projects in 20 counties, estimated to cost $750,000 > will be opened by the state high- ' way commission Oct.. 10. it was announced today by James D. Adams, chairman. Two of the projects, an overhead bridge in Montgomery county and ; naving of nearly six miles of road 3 in Jennings county, are desig- ‘ nated as national recovery highway work, financed with federal ’ funds On those projects skilled labor will be paid 55 cents an hour and unskilled laborers will re- I rpivo 47 cents an hour, under the NRA provisions. Continuing its new policy of minimizing maintenance costs after construction is complete 1. the highway denartment has sot aside three projects in this letting as experiments. | One of these includes installation of a slide prevention device on road 66. near Troy. Perry rmv-rTWma n\- a-wm o French Ouinn Will Address Brotherhood French Quinn will give the address at the Otterbein Brotherhood of the First United Brethren Church at the church Thursday evening at 7; 30 o'clock. All men are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. , LOCAL PEOPLE ATTEND RITES Decatur Relatives Attend 1 Funeral Os Mrs. Lillian Rausch 1 1 Mr. and Mrs. Will Engle, daughter Miss Ruth, of this city, Mrs. . Dora Seabold and Joe Pease of , Bluffton left this morning for Ci , cero. Illinois, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Lillian Pease Rausch, whose . sudden death occurred Sunday night. Surviving are the children. Harry , of Burwyn. Illinois; Walter, Ed-1 ward and Miss Eva. all at home, a sister, Mrs. Dora Seabold and a : brother. Joe Pease of Bluffton The husband preceded her in death four years ago. Mrs. Sophia Johns of this i city is an aunt of Mrs. Rausch and Mrs. Will Engle, a cousin. The Will Engle family and Miss Bertha Johns visited with the Rausch family two weeks ago while attending the world's fair. Mrs. Rausch was reported to have been in good health at that time. She was well known here, having visit-' ed at the Engle and Johns homes many times. |

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Portland Tax Rate Is Set At $3.06 Portland's tax rate for 1934 has been set at $3.06 on each SIOO of assessed valuation. It is au increase over the 1933 rate. The Tax Adjustment boards have completed their meetings in most counties. In Allen county the board is etill in session, but it was expected that adjournment would take place today, following the fixing of the I rates for the city of Fort Wayne and other taxing units in the I county. -1 Grand Jury Inspects Jail And Infirmary Members of the Adams county grand jury made an inspection trip) to the county jail and infirmary today. The jurors completed their investigations this morning but their complete report was not to be filed until late this afternoon. PARTY PLANS FOR ELECTION Candidates Nominated For Geneva And Monroe Town Elections Democrats in Geneva and Monroe met yesterday and nominated candidates for the town offices of clerk-treasurer and councilman, to : be elected at the election. Tuesday. Nov. 7. The Geneva candidates are: Andrew Took, clerk-treasurer: Eli Stuckey, councilman second ward; Roe Dickerson, councilman, third ward. Alva Windmiller, councilman from the first ward holds over. The meeting was held at the town hall. W. W. Briggs, presiding as chairman and Kenneth Shoemaker. acting as secretary. ( The present officers of the town are Forrest Deitsch, clerktreasurer: Lake Glendening and* Lemuel Neal, councilmen. At Monroe the Democrats renominated Earl Saudders for clerk and nominated Otho Lobensfein, for councilman third ward. Ira . Wagoner is the present councilman. Adolph Hanni, precinct committeeman. presided as chairman and Paul Balmer was secretary of the meeting. The Berne Democrats will hold a convention in the hall above Drs. Jones and Jones office. Fridayevening. October 6. at 7 o'clock, it (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Ft. Wayne RotaryHead To Speak Here Earl Shea, president of the Fort Wayne Rotary club and deb gate to the Boston convention of RotaryInternational held last June, will be the speaker at the meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday eve ning. Mr. Shea will give a report of the Boston convention. Several Fort i I Wayne Rotarians will accompany | I him to this city.

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LONG SOUGHT FUGITIVE IS UNDER ARREST Notorious Bandit, Wife And Two Accomplices Are Arrested ARRESTS MADE AT MEMPHIS, TENN. WIFE IS “THROUGH" Memphis, Tenn.. Sept. 26.— (U.R) —Auburn-haired Katherine Kelly, wife of the notorious George (Machine Gun) Kelly, capturbd with him and two confederates here today, announced after her arrest that she was "through" with him. "I was going back to Okla- j homa City and give myself | up.” said the gunman's wife, ‘ ■ who had followed him on his I lurid trail through the midwest | and southwest. “But he told me he would I | kill me if I did. “I don't care about myself, | I ni thinking about my parents | who are on trial in the Urschel I | kidnaping case.” Memphis. Tenn.. Sept. 26. (U.R George (Machine Gun) Kellv. his wife, anti two accomplices in the notorious midwest Harvey Bailey bandit Hang, were captured litre todav. “We are positive we have the ri.<dii man ” said Police Chief Will D. Lee of Memphis. “ There is no doubt about it in our minds.” Lee was corroborated in his 1 identification by I'. S. District , Attorney Herbert K. Hyde, Oklahoma City. Hyde is in charge of the mass trial of defendants in the kidnapi ing of Charles F. Urschel. wealthy Oklahoma City oil man. in which Kelly and his wife were indicted. ' They were the only* defendants still at larse. The other two arrested with Kelly and his wife, Police Chief Lee announced, were J. R Thichnor and S. E. Travis, also members of the Bailey-Kelly gang. All doubt of their identity was swept aside by tlie announcement of W. A. Rorer. U. S. government agent from Birmingham, who declared : “They admit their identity.” Mrs. Kelly is the daughter of Mrs. R. G. (Boss) Shannon, who with her husband and stepson. Armon. are on trial on kidnaping conspiracy charges at Oklahoma City. The elder Shannon in his testimony yesterday placed full blame for the $200,000 ransom plot on Kelly, his wife and Albert Bates. Rorer made his report to J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the bureau iCOXTINUBD GN PAGE SIX) FOUR CLASSES NAME OFFICERS Catholic High School Classes Elect; Tattler Stall’ Named The four classes in the Decatur Catholic high school have organized for tlie present school term, and officers have been selected. The Tattler staff has also been chosen for the year and work will be started for the publication of the paper. Helen Barthel is editor in chief of the Tattler staff! Patricia Fallenkamp is assistant editor; William Lose, business manager, and Herman Knapke. assistant business manager. Herman Knapke has been chosen I president of the senior class and , other senior officers are Patricia Fullenkamp. vice-president; Mary Wolpert, secretary; Lorothy Lengerich. treasurer and Rosemary Rumschlag. historian. Officers of the junior class are Edward Ehinger, president: Janies Lose, vice-president: Rutli Voglewede. secretary: Guy Tester, treasurer. and Madonna Ripberger, hisI torian. Leo Miller i« president of the sophomore (lass; Waiter Baker, vice-president. Margaret Wertzber- | ger. secretary; Franklin Teeple, *<CONTINUF7D ON PAGE TWO)